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'Cold-blooded murder' by PNG troops By Norm Dixon Papua New Guinea Defence Force troops executed six Bougainvilleans in cold blood after their motorised canoe was intercepted on January 28. The massacre was reported by a sole survivor
Protest against sexist images By Kylie Budge MELBOURNE — A noisy and highly visible rally and march here on February 5 protested against sexist and degrading attitudes towards women in the media and in the judicial system. In
By Frank Noakes LONDON — Even though most Europeans oppose the Maastricht Treaty, the project has the overwhelming support of all major political parties, which dishonestly present the debate as narrow nationalism versus broad Europeanism.
A great start to the year By Jorge Jorquera The first two issues of Green Left this year have had a boost in distribution thanks to sales by members of Resistance and the Democratic Socialist Party. Without any special campaign,
Taxing politics of political bankruptcy John Hewson, Paul Keating, WA Liberal leader Richard Court ... politicians around the country, and in both main parties, are insisting they haven't done anything illegal to get their taxes well below
PSU rank and file launches election campaign By Barry Healy SYDNEY — "I'm not running to show a banner. I'm running because I see on the faces of the members I represent the effects of the pressures and stress that are bearing down on
By Bryan R. Thomas In the 1960s Turkish immigrants were welcomed to Germany with open arms to help fill the gap in the work force created by the economic boom of the time. Back then, there were around 500,000 job vacancies, with only 180,000
By Santiago Cardosa Arias First it was the rain, torrential and somewhat cold. Then when we sheltered in "old Rafael's" carpenter's shop, with its pleasant, pungent smell of sawdust, plywood, pine and caoba shavings and neighbours' furniture
By Steve Painter The Mayne Nickless conglomerate, whose fleets of armoured cars have sometimes been the target of gun-wielding desperadoes, pulled a heist of its own over the holiday period. With an audacity that makes the Melbourne Club
Chinese arms to Burma Reliable border sources have confirmed that on the night of January 9 and 10 approximately 100 Chinese army trucks travelled from Mang Shi in Yunnan province to Shwe Li in Burma, carrying military equipment. Witnesses on
By Maire Leadbeater AUCKLAND — While nuclear power is on the decline worldwide, New Zealand received what might be a last, desperate swipe of the dragon's tail when Prime Minister Jim Bolger's Special Committee on Nuclear Propulsion
Twenty years ago, on January 22, 1973, supporters of women's reproductive rights in the United States rejoiced at the surprise Supreme Court decision to legalise abortion. Yet abortion in the US today is anything but a guaranteed right. Claudette